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2023 Top 100 Small Commercial Printers

Each year, WhatTheyThink invites small commercial print business owners to participate in our “Top 100 Shops Survey.” In this article, Richard Romano looks at the results of the Top 100 survey—and announces this year’s winner: Nashville’s Allen Printing Company.

Thursday, August 10, 2023

Each year, WhatTheyThink invites small commercial print business owners to participate in our “Top 100 Shops Survey.” The key word is “small,” with the upper limit for participation at $25 million in annual revenues.

Last year’s winner was Strategic Factory (their second straight win), and in this space last year we had said, “Given their trajectory, it’s possible they won’t qualify next year”—as indeed was the case.

Their 2022 revenues exceeded $26 million, thus disqualifying them from this year’s contest. We can’t think of a better reason for being disqualified! So kudos to Strategic Factory—our loss is their gain.


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About Richard Romano

Richard Romano is Managing Editor of WhatTheyThink.  He curates the Wide Format section on WhatTheyThink.com. He has been writing about the graphic communications industry for more than 25 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than half a dozen books on printing technology and business. His most recent book is “Beyond Paper: An Interactive Guide to Wide-Format and Specialty Printing.

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